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New study measures value of intangible state forest benefits
The University of Maryland has released a study that attempts to put a dollar value on some of the intangible benefits of Maryland state forests.
Reading program challenged nationally, cheered locally
Young readers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties show signs of improvement with the help of the same federal program that recently came under fire for alleged ineffectiveness.
Merit of teachers’ ‘highly qualified’ designation questioned by experts
Students in suburban Maryland schools are more likely now than they were six years ago to be taught by a teacher deemed “highly qualified” but experts worry the designation may be misleading and meaningless.
Baltimore police: Homicide victim ‘left’ at hospital
Baltimore City police are searching for clues in the stabbing death of a man they said was left in a wheelchair outside Shock Trauma early Sunday morning.
Tough to diagnose, celiac disease makes for gluten-free diet
They had no idea what was wrong. And often, neither did their doctors.
PG woman sues county over son’s death in collision with officer
The mother of a University of Maryland student killed in a collision with a Prince George’s County police officer is seeking $24 million in damages for the death of her son as she awaits the results of an overdue accident investigation.
The 3-minute interview: Larry Walker
Mount Hebron High School parent Larry Walker, 50, was the winner of the first statewide Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Awards. He received a $1,000 prize for a nonprofit of his choice and a chair, symbolizing “a seat at the table of education.” The Ellicott City resident is a full-time staff pastor at Celebration Church in Columbia and married to Stevens Forest Elementary School teacher Alfreda Walker. Their sons Lawrence and Brandon are graduating this year — Lawrence from the University of Maryland, College Park, and Brandon from Mount Hebron. He is the outgoing president of Parents of African American Students at Hebron, co-chairman of the county budget review committee and a Community Advisory Council member.
Pr. George’s woman sues county over son’s death
The mother of a University of Maryland student killed in a collision with a Prince George’s County police officer is seeking $24 million in damages for the death of her son as she awaits the results of an overdue accident investigation.
Letters: May 6, 2008
Original Constitution fatally flawed  Androgynous pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique
Akhenaten, a pharaoh from Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, has breasts, hips and buttocks as large and round as a woman’s and a belly as prominent as that of a pregnant woman. More University of Maryland Stories
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